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What Online Coaching Includes
- Weekly customized training plan via email
- Plan adapts week-by-week to your progress
- Unlimited email & text support
- Race strategy & pacing guidance
- Strength & mobility programming
- Injury prevention coaching
- Direct access to your coach
Online Running Coach · Train Anywhere · Nationwide
Expert Coaching.
Expert Coaching.
No Matter
Where You Run.
You don't need to live in the Bay Area to train with a certified, experienced running coach. Running Fit Lab delivers the same personalized coaching — weekly plans, ongoing support, and real feedback — to runners anywhere in the country.
How Online Coaching Works
A Real Coach.
A Real Coach.
A Real Plan.
Every Week.
Online coaching isn't an app subscription or a generic PDF. Every week we review how your training is going and send you a customized plan built around your body, your schedule, and your goal race — adjusted in real time as you progress.
01
Intake Call & Assessment
We start with a phone or video call to understand your training history, injury background, race goals, schedule, and what hasn't worked before. This is the foundation everything else is built on.
02
Your First Weekly Plan
You receive a personalized weekly training plan via email — specific workouts for each day, with pacing guidance, effort levels, and the reasoning behind each session. You always know why you're doing what you're doing.
03
Ongoing Adaptation
Every week we review your feedback and adjust the next week's plan accordingly. Had a rough week? Plan adapts. Feeling strong? We push you. Life got busy? We work around it. No plan is static.
04
Always-On Support
Questions between sessions? Text or email your coach directly. Pre-race nerves? We'll talk you through your strategy. Feeling something off in training? We respond. Your coach is available — not just on scheduled call days.
What's Included
Everything You Need.
Everything You Need.
Nothing You Don't.
Online coaching with Running Fit Lab is comprehensive — not a plan plus a monthly check-in call. You get a real coaching relationship, delivered remotely.
01
Weekly Personalized Plan
A fresh, customized training plan every week — not a template with your name on it. Built around how your body responded to last week, your upcoming schedule, and your race timeline. Delivered by email every week.
02
Strength & Mobility Programming
Running is more than miles. Your weekly plan includes targeted strength and mobility work that makes you more durable, more efficient, and harder to injure. The strength work that most online plans completely skip.
03
Race Strategy & Pacing
We've guided 22 runners to Boston. We know how to build a race-specific strategy — start pacing, effort distribution, nutrition timing, and mental frameworks — for every race distance from 5K to marathon.
04
Injury Prevention Focus
Most online coaches hand you a plan and react when you get hurt. We build load management and injury prevention into your plan from week one — proactively monitoring training stress and building recovery into every training block.
05
Unlimited Email & Text Support
Ask questions, share how a workout felt, flag a concern, or just check in. We're accessible between sessions — not just on a scheduled weekly call. The coaching relationship doesn't pause between plan deliveries.
06
Direct Access to Your Coach
You work directly with a certified coach — not a junior coach, not an AI-generated plan, not a platform algorithm. The same coach who has trained runners from first 5Ks to Boston qualifiers is the one building your plan every week.
Online vs In-Person
Which Coaching Is
Which Coaching Is
Right for You?
Online Coaching
Train Anywhere
- Weekly custom plan delivered by email
- Available to runners nationwide
- Flexible — works around any schedule
- Unlimited email & text support
- Race strategy & strength programming
- Ideal for self-motivated runners
In-Person Coaching · Bay Area Only
Dublin, San Ramon & Beyond
- In-person track gait analysis included
- Live coaching on local Bay Area routes
- Group classes Mon, Wed & Sat
- Face-to-face form correction
- Community of local runners
- Ideal for those who thrive with in-person accountability
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Coaching Packages
Choose Your
Choose Your
Package.
Same pricing whether you train online or in person. Each package includes personalized weekly plans, gait analysis, strength programming, and ongoing support.
4 Sessions
$550
4 coaching sessions · online or in person
Custom training plan
Gait & movement assessment
Email & text support
Most Popular
8 Sessions
$1,000
8 coaching sessions · online or in person
Custom training plan
Gait & movement assessment
Video form review
Priority email & text support
12 Sessions
$1,440
12 coaching sessions · online or in person
Full race training plan
Gait & movement assessment
Video form review
Strength & mobility programming
Priority support throughout
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Who Online Coaching Is For
Runners Everywhere.
Runners Everywhere.
Every Goal.
01
Runners Outside the Bay Area
You don't have to be local to train with Running Fit Lab. We coach runners across the country — from New York to Texas to the Pacific Northwest. The same expert coaching, wherever you are.
02
Marathon & Half Marathon Runners
Chasing a PR, a first finish, or a Boston qualifier? We've guided 22 runners to Boston and coached hundreds through their first marathon. Online coaching builds the same structured, science-backed program as in-person.
03
Busy Professionals
Demanding career, family, travel schedule — online coaching fits around your actual life. No fixed class times, no commute to a coach. Your plan is built around your real week, every week.
04
Injury-Prone Runners
Keep getting hurt every time you increase mileage? We specialize in finding the root cause — through training history analysis and careful load management — and building a plan that keeps you consistently healthy.
05
First-Time Racers
New to running or your first goal race? Online coaching gives you the same expert guidance and structure as in-person — with the flexibility to train on your own schedule and at your own pace.
06
Runners Who've Tried Plans & Plateaued
Generic plans from apps and books stop working because they don't adapt to you. Our weekly coaching does — evolving in real time based on how your body responds, not a predetermined schedule.
Real Results
Coached Remotely.
Coached Remotely.
Real Outcomes.
★★★★★
I qualified for the Boston Marathon after one year of training with Coach Francisco. I was skeptical about online coaching at first — I thought I needed someone physically there. The weekly plans and constant availability proved me completely wrong. Best investment I've made in my running.
Mike L.
Danville, CA · Boston Marathon Qualifier
★★★★★
I live in Texas and found Francisco through a Google search. Three months later I ran my first marathon. The weekly emails felt like having a coach right there with me — every workout had a purpose and he adjusted constantly based on my feedback.
Sarah B.
Austin, TX · First Marathon
★★★★★
I'd been running for years on my own and kept getting shin splints. Francisco figured out exactly what was causing it through my training history and rebuilt my plan from scratch. I've been injury-free for eight months and just ran a 10-minute PR.
Rachel M.
Seattle, WA · 10-Minute Half Marathon PR
Common Questions
Online Running Coach
Online Running Coach
FAQs.
Apps and platforms generate plans algorithmically — they don't know you, they don't adapt in real time, and they can't answer a question at 9pm before a hard workout. Online coaching with Running Fit Lab is a real coaching relationship: we review your feedback every week, build your next plan based on how your body actually responded, and are directly accessible between sessions. It's the same coaching you'd get in person, delivered remotely.
No. Online coaching is available to runners anywhere in the country. We coach athletes across the US — from California to New York to Texas. You train on your own routes, in your own time zone, with a plan built specifically for you. The only thing you're missing is the in-person gait analysis, which is available if you ever visit the Bay Area.
We email your weekly plan directly to you. It outlines each day's workout with specific pacing guidance, effort levels, and explanations of what each session is building. You can follow it on any running app or GPS watch — no special platform required. Most athletes send a brief recap of the week before receiving the next plan so we can adjust accordingly.
Yes — race-specific coaching is one of the most common use cases for online coaching. We build your entire training block backward from your race date — periodizing your build, taper, and race-week routine for your specific event. Whether you're targeting a local 5K, a half marathon, a full marathon, or a Boston qualifier, the plan is built around your race.
A custom training plan is a one-time delivery — a full 12–18 week plan built for your goal race, plus a review call. It's a complete program you execute on your own. Online coaching is ongoing — we rebuild your plan every single week based on how things are going. If you want a plan and the confidence to run it yourself, go with the custom plan. If you want a coach alongside you every step, online coaching is the right fit.
Nationwide · All Levels · College-Level Coach
Your Coach Is
Your Coach Is
One Email
Away.
Wherever you run — we'll meet you there. Start with a quick intro call and get your first week's plan within days.